effect. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, February 15, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8052 DESIGNATING THE HONORABLE ANGEL R. DE FOR WHEREAS the said section 811 of the tive Order shall cease to have force and Revenue Act of 1936 requires that the President shall issue a new order for each succeeding half-calendar year during the continuation of the operation of the reciprocal trade agreement entered into with the Dominion of Canada under date of November 15, 1935, limiting the imports of red cedar shingles from Canada for such half-calendar year to 25 per centum of the combined total of such shipments and imports of red cedar shingles for the preceding half-calendar year, and pursuant thereto I issued Ex-thority vested in me by section 41 of the ecutive Orders No. 77011 of September 3, 1937, No. 7822 of February 25, 1938, and No. 7946 of August 9, 1938, covering respectively the periods July 1, 1937-December 31, 1937, January 1, 1938-June 30, 1938, and July 1, 1938-December 31, 1938; and 3 WHEREAS I find from available statistics that the combined total of such shipments and imports of red cedar shingles during the second half of the calendar year 1938 is 4,204,671 squares; and WHEREAS it is provided in Article XVIII of the trade agreement concluded between the United States and Canada on November 17, 1938 that upon the definitive coming into force of the said agreement the whole of the trade agreement concluded between the United States and Canada on November 15, 1935 shall terminate: By virtue of and pursuant to the au act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes", approved March 2, 1917 (39 Stat. 965, U. S. C., title 48, sec. 863), I hereby designate and authorize the Honorable Angel R. de Jesus, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, to perform and discharge the duties of the Judge of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico and to sign all necessary papers and records as Acting Judge of the said Court, without extra compensation, in the case of absence, illness, or other legal disability of the Judge thereof during the current calendar year. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE February 23, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8053 [Public Water Restoration No. 82] PARTIAL REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE OR- CALIFORNIA AND OREGON NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 811 of the Revenue Act of 1936, it is hereby ordered that the quantity of red cedar shingles imported from Canada which may be ad- By virtue of and pursuant to the aumitted to entry during the first sixthority vested in me by section 1 of the months of the calendar year 1939 shall act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, be limited to 1,051,168 squares. Upon the Executive Orders of January 24, the termination in whole of the trade 1914, creating Public Water Reserves agreement entered into with Canada un- Nos. 14 and 15, are hereby revoked in so der date of November 15, 1935, in accord- far as they pertain to or affect the folance with the provisions of Article XVIII lowing-described lands in California and of the trade agreement with Canada | Oregon: signed on November 17, 1938, this Execu 12 F.R. 1806. 23 F.R. 474. $3 F.R. 1965; 3 CFR, 1938 Supp., page 94. CALIFORNIA SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN In Public Water Reserve No. 14: OREGON WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN In Public Water Reserve No. 15: T. 40 S., R. 11 E., Unsurveyed. All lands within one-quarter mile of a spring located in what will probably be when surveyed sec. 7. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, February 23, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8054 PLACING CERTAIN LAND UNDER THE CONTROL AND JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ALASKA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States it is ordered that that tract or parcel of land in the Townsite of Wrangell, Alaska, designated on the plat of survey of said Townsite as "U. S. Reserve No. 1", and comprising 107,831 square feet, more or less, be, and it is hereby, placed under the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury for use as a site for Federal buildings. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, February 23, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8055 TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR MONTANA WHEREAS the hereinafter-described lands located within the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana have been acquired under authority of Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 195, 200), in connection with the Milk River (LA-MT 2) Land Utilization Project of the Department of Agriculture; and WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 7908, dated June 9, 1938,1 all the right, title, and interest of the United States 13 F.R. 1389; 3 CFR, 1938 Supp., page 49. in such lands was transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions of Title IV thereof; and WHEREAS it appears that the transfer of jurisdiction over such lands from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior for administrative purposes would be in the public interest: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 32, Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, it is ordered that jurisdiction over the hereinafter-described lands, together with all improvements thereon, acquired by the United States in connection with the Milk River (LA-MT 2) Project, be, and it is hereby, transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to administer such lands, through the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the benefit of such Indians as the Secretary may designate, under such conditions of use and administration as will best carry out the purposes of the land-conservation and land-utilization program for which such lands were acquired: VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA T. 33 N., R. 42 E., the provisions of Title III of the Banksec. 31, lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2SE, and E1⁄2SW; head-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved sec. 32, S1⁄2SW. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, February 23, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8056 AMENDMENT OF PARAGRAPH 4, SUBDIVISION IV, SCHEDULE B, CIVIL SERVICE RULES By virtue of the authority vested in me by paragraph Eighth, subdivision SECOND, section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403, 404), it is ordered that paragraph 4, Subdivision IV, Schedule B of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "4. Classified positions in the Ordnance Department at Large, and in the Chemical Warfare Service at Large at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, War Department, when filled by the promotion of unclassified laborers, subject to the approval of the Civil Service Commission." FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, February 23, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8057 TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LANDS FROM THE SECRETARY OF Agriculture TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR VIRGINIA WHEREAS the hereinafter-described lands, together with the improvements thereon, have been acquired by the United States under the authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115), in connection with the Department of Agriculture's land-utilization and land-conservation project in Virginia known as the Surrender Grounds Forest Project, LA-VA 2; and WHEREAS by Executive Order No. 7908, dated June 9, 1938,1 all the right, title, and interest of the United States in such lands was transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with 13 FR. 1389; 3 CFR, 1938 Supp., page 49. July 22, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions of Title IV thereof; and WHEREAS the aforesaid lands are within the area purposed to be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary and desirable for the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument to be established in accord520, 49 Stat. 613; and ance with the act of August 13, 1935, c. WHEREAS it appears that the use and administration of such lands as a part of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument would be in the public interest: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 32, Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the hereinafter-described lands, together with the improvements thereon, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Interior for use and administration as a part of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument to be established pursuant to the said act of August 13, 1935: All that certain area known as the "Appomattox Surrender Ground" lying around the village of Old Appomattox Court House in Clover Hill Magisterial District, Appomattox County, Virginia, situated about two miles east of Appomattox, Virginia, on both sides of State Highway 24, on the headwaters of Appomattox River, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at corner 1, common to the Gallilee Church parcel and in the right-ofway of State Highway 24; thence with said right-of-way N. 62°59' E., 1.80 chains to corner 2; thence northeasterly to the right along a 2°2′ curve 10.27 chains to corner 3; thence N. 76°46' E., 32.57 chains to corner 4; thence S. 0°36' W., 2.87 chains to corner 5; thence N. 81°18′ E., 3.62 chains to corner 6, which is a corner common to Tract No. 142 and the chains to corner 7; thence N. 76°46' E., 3.76 Herman Church Lot; thence N. 8°02′ W., 3.09 chains to corner 8; thence N. 76°46′ E., 0.07 chains to corner 9; thence N. 76°46' E., 0.15 chains to corner 10; thence N. 76°46' E., 1.62 chains to corner 11; thence northeasterly to the left along a 1° curve 5.34 chains to corner 12; thence N. 73°13' E., 2.11 chains to corner 13; thence N. 73°12′30'' E., 11.35 chains | to corner 14; thence northeasterly along the center of the Old Richmond Stage Road at 11.69 chains, crossing north right-of-way line of State Highway 24, in all 13.54 chains to corner 15; thence N. 64°48' E., 4.88 chains to corner 16; thence N. 74°37' E., 1.05 chains to corner 17; thence N. 1°19′ W., 5.75 chains to corner 18; thence S. 86°40′ W., 4.33 chains to corner 19; thence N. 16°40' E., 0.99 chains to corner 20; thence N. 26°48′ E., 2.88 chains to corner 21; thence N. 44°55' E., 4.04 chains to corner 22; thence easterly down a spring branch with its meanders 8.56 chains to corner 23; thence easterly down said spring branch with its meanders 10.34 chains to corner 24; thence S. 2°40′ W., 10.07 chains to corner 25; thence S. 88°23' W., 2.32 chains to corner 26; thence S. 1°48' E., at 1.97 chains crossing center line of State Highway 24, in all 2.95 chains to corner 27; thence N. 89°52' E., 0.32 chains to corner 28; thence easterly to the left along a 7° curve 3.95 chains tc corner 29; thence S. 23°24' E., 0.23 chains to corner 30; thence northeasterly to the left along a 7° curve 2.14 chains to corner 31; thence N. 51°35' E., 0.55 chains to corner 33; thence N. 51°35′ E., 10.60 chains to corner 34; thence northeasterly to the left along a 4° curve 13.97 chains to corner 35; thence northeasterly along a 4° curve 0.40 chains to corner 36; thence N. 14°22' E., 2.71 chains to corner 37; thence S. 75°10′ E., 1.50 chains to corner 38; thence N. 15°20′ E., at 2 chains crossing the Appomattox River, in all 3.38 chains to corner 39; thence N. 75°25′ W., 1.48 chains to corner 40; thence N. 14°07' E., 5.98 chains to corner 41; thence N. 14°39′ E., 6.81 chains to corner 42; thence N. 14°36′ E., 4.29 chains to corner 43; thence northeasterly to the right along a 2° curve 7.17 chains to corner 44; thence N. 24°15′ E., 17.34 chains to corner 45; thence northeasterly to the right along a 4 curve 9.13 chains to corner 46; thence N. 49°02′ E., 12.00 chains to corner 47; thence northeasterly along the center of the Old Richmond Road and the meanders thereof 6.08 chains to corner 48; thence N. 41°20′ W., 2.41 chains to corner 49; thence southeasterly along the center of Old Mill Road and the meanders thereof 25.72 chains to corner 50; thence S. 20°39′ W., 39.66 chains to corner 51, a point in the center of the Appomattox River at an old ford; thence southeasterly down said Appomattox River as it meanders 41.80 chains to corner 52, a point in the center of said Appomattox River at an old road; thence southerly along the center of said old road and the meanders thereof 13.62 chains to corner 53; thence S. 75°30′ W., 18.82 chains to corner 54; thence S. 71°36′ W., 3.45 chains to corner 55; thence S. 68°19′ W., 14.32 chains to corner 56; thence N. 72°55′ W., 7.52 chains to corner 57; thence S. 38°24′ W., 33.19 chains to corner 58; thence S. 50°55′ W., 5.15 chains to corner 59; thence S. 44°35′ W., 17.19 chains to corner 60; thence S. 82°14′ W., 40.57 chains to corner 61; thence S. 59° 41′ W., 0.66 chains to corner 62; thence southwesterly up Plain Run Branch with meanders thereof 7.79 chains to corner 63; thence westerly up center of Plain Run Branch and meanders thereof 57.83 chains to corner 64; thence westerly up said branch with meanders thereof 21.12 thence N. 51°59' E., 3.06 chains to corner 32; chains to corner 65; thence N. 22°38′ W., 29.39 chains to corner 66; thence N. 22°48′ W., 2.27 chains to place of beginning, containing 963.93 acres more or less. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, February 23, 1939. EXECUTIVE ORDER 8059 TRANSFERRING THE USE, POSSESSION, AND CONTROL OF CERTAIN LANDS TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ALABAMA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 7(b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, approved May 18, 1933 (48 Stat. 58, 63), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of (1) all public lands within the following-described areas (in part temporarily withdrawn and reserved by Executive Order No. 2246 of September 17, 1915, for use of the War Department, and in part temporarily withdrawn and reserved by Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, for classification, etc.), and (2) all lands within such areas acquired by the United States through deeds of purchase or condemnation proceedings and placed under the control of the War Department, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the TennesSee Valley Authority for the purposes thereof as stated in the said Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933: HUNTSVILLE MERIDIAN The sections bordering upon, and islands and other lands in, the Tennessee River in T. 3 S., R. 8 W.; T. 4 S., R. 12 W.; Tps. 2 and 3 S., R. 13 W.; Tps. 2 S., Rs. 14 and 15 W. T. 6 S., R. 3 E., sec. 34, a portion of the SE, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a 24 inch pine stump in the west line of the E1⁄2 of sec. 34, 1435 feet north of the southwest corner of the SE1⁄4 of sec. 34, a corner to the land of Mrs. Nancy A. Roden; thence with the west line of the E1⁄2 of sec. 34, N. 6°00' E., 1175 feet to the northwest corner of the SE of sec. 34; thence east with the north line of the SE4 of sec. 34 to the northeast corner of the NW4 SE1⁄4 of sec. 34; thence south with the east line of the NW 4 SE1⁄44 of sec. 34 to the southeast corner of the NW4SE4 of sec. 34, a corner to the land of Mrs. Nancy A. Roden; thence with Mrs. Roden's line in a westerly direction to the point of beginning, containing approximately 38.3 acres. T. 7 S., R. 4 E., sec. 24, SW4SE. By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 9 of the act of June 30, 1906, TRANSFERRING Certain Land TO THE CON- 34 Stat. 816 (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 202), TROL AND JURISDICTION OF THE TREAS-I hereby prescribe, in terms of the AmeriURY DEPARTMENT VIRGIN ISLANDS can dollar, the following tariff of fees to be charged and collected by officers of the United States Court for China: FEES OF CLERK By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of March 1. Upon the institution of any suit or 3, 1917, c. 171, 39 Stat. 1132 (U. S. C., title 48, sec. 1391), and as President proceeding in the United States Court for of the United States, I hereby transfer China, the Clerk of the Court shall colthe following-described property from lect from the party or parties institutthe control and jurisdiction of the De-ing such suit or proceeding, as a fee for partment of the Interior to the con- all services to be performed by the Clerk trol and jurisdiction of the Treas- therein, except as hereinafter provided, ury Department, for use for post-office the sum of $5.00. purposes: 2. Upon the filing of any answer or All that certain tract or parcel of land paper joining issue or the entering of situated in the Virgin Islands of the United an order for trial, the Clerk shall collect States, in the municipality of St. Croix, town from the party or parties filing such anof Christiansted, comprising the entire block swer or paper, as an additional fee for bounded by Church, Company, Hospital, and services performed and to be performed King Streets, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point being by the Clerk in such suit or proceeding, the intersection of the northeasterly side of the sum of $5.00: Provided, that after Church Street with the southeasterly side of one fee, as hereinbefore provided in this King Street; thence along said northeasterly side of Church Street S. 37°16' E., 168.54 feet, paragraph, has been paid by any defendto a point in the northwesterly side of Com-ant, cross-petitioner, intervenor, or party, pany Street; thence along said northwesterly other defendants, cross-petitioners, inside of Company Street N. 52°23' E., 77.46 tervenors, or parties, separately appearfeet, to a point in the southwesterly side of Hospital Street; thence along said south-ing or filing any answer or paper in westerly side of Hospital Street N. 37°13′ W., such suit or proceeding, shall pay a fur26.87 feet, to a point; thence, continuing along said southwesterly side of Hospital Street, N. 44°29' W., 119.54 feet, to a point in the southeasterly side of King Street; thence along said southeasterly side of King Street S. 72°11′ W., 66.92 feet, to the point of beginning; together with the improvements thereon. Executive Order No. 5602 of April 20, 1931, entitled "Placing certain government property in the Virgin Islands under the control and jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior", and in which the above-described property is described as the "Cable Office building," ther fee of $2.00 for each answer or paper so filed: And provided further, that upon a plea of guilty in any criminal case there shall be charged in the costs the sum of $5.00, which, however, shall not be demanded of any such defendant unless and until by order, judgment, or decree of the Court the costs in the case are taxed and assessed against him. 3. Upon the entry of any judgment, decree, or final order of the Court in any suit or proceeding, the Clerk shall collect from the prevailing party or parties, as an additional fee for services per |